the long shadow of the JFK assassination Waldron, Lamar 1954- creator Hartmann, Thom 1951- text bibliography biography cau Berkeley, CA Counterpoint Distributed by Publishers Group West c2009 2009 monographic eng

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xv, 848 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm. The trade paperback has three new chapters, an expanded photo-document section, and updated text throughout, including the completed story of how three powerful Mafia bosses used John and Robert Kennedy’s top-secret plan of staging a coup against Fidel Castro to murder JFK. Documented from the National Archives for the first time is Watergate burglar Bernard Barker's decades-long work for the Mafia, even Barker’s time aiding the CIA with the coup plan. Barker sold out the coup plan to his mob bosses helping to assassinate JFK, and forcing US officials previously involved with Barker to withhold key information from the Warren Commission. This cloud of secrecy surrounding JFK’s assassination allowed two men who confessed to playing roles in JFK's murder to be free and aid in the assassination of Dr. Martin Luther King in 1968. The trade paperback also contains important new information about the FBI informant who obtained the JFK assassination confession of godfather Carlos Marcello, which the Bureau kept secret for twenty years. Lamar Waldron, Thom Hartmann. Includes bibliographical references (p. [789]-830) index. n-us--- Kennedy, John F. (John Fitzgerald) 1917-1963 Assassination Official secrets United States History 20th century Conspiracies United States History 20th century Political corruption United States History 20th century E842.9 W167l 2009 973.922092 9781582435350 1582435359 2008039740 DLC 080910 20260420151502.0 15445971 eng